Tie-pin holder.



L. M. CAMPAU.

TIE PIN HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 17.19l7.

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TIE-PIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Julie 18, 1918.

Application filed July 17, 1917. Serial No. 180,978.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE M. CAM- PAU, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Tie-Pin Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tie-pin holders, such as are employed toprevent a stick-pin either working loose from a neck-tie or beingsurreptitiously removed therefrom.

It is the object of the inventionto provide a device of this nature thatwill consist of a single part, which may be stamped from sheet-metal, sothat the cost of productionwill be comparatively little.

The provision of a tie-pin holder that maybe very quickly and easilyengaged with or disengaged from a stick-pin-is another object.

These objects are attained by the construction hereinafter described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a necktie showing the holder in fulllines engaged with a stick-pin upon the back of the tie, and showingsaid holder in dash lines partially disengaged from the pin.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder alone.

Fig. 3 i a vertical sectional view showing the holder in position uponthe pin and tie.

In these views, 1 designates a neck-tie and 2 a stick-pin therein. Asshown, the pin has its top and bottom portions inserted through the tieand is concealed intermediate said portions at the back of the tie, thisbeing the common practice. The holder which constitutes the presentinvention is engageable with the concealed intermediate portion of thepin, and is in the nature of an E-shaped sheet-metal stamping comprisinga body 3 having lateral terminal lugs A and an intermediate lug 5. Thelug 5 is in the plane of the body 3 while the lugs 4 are slightly bentso as to incline longitudinally of the holder at opposite angles. Incorresponding faces of said lugs 4, there are formed shallow V-shapedtroughs 6 extending in the direction of inclination of said lugs, andpresenting at their innermost edges sharp bearing points for engagementwith the pin.

When the holder is engaged with the tiepin the lug 5 bears against oneside of the pin and the two lugs 4 bear against the opposite sides, thebody of the holder being sprun to an arcuate form as seen in Fig. 3.wing to the inclination of the lugs 4 to the plane of the body of theholder, said lugs havebearing contact with the pin only at theiradjacent edges, and under the reflexing tension of the body of theholder these lugs, co-acting with the lugs 5, serve as detents to resistrelative longitudinal movement of the pin and holder in eitherdirection. Accidental lateral displacement of the holder from the pin isprevented by engagement of the pin in the V- shaped troughs 6.

Engagement or disengagement of the holder and pin is accomplished byshifting 'the pin angularly between the two positions shown in full anddash lines in Fig. 1, and at the same time flexing the holderlongitudinally. Thus a substantially transverse movement enables thedesired positioning of the holder, and the resistance offered by thelugs 4 to longitudinal motion is avoided.

The facts that the invention may be produced by a single machineoperation, and that it requires no careful or prolonged manipulation toengage it with a pin, are emphasized.

What I claim is:

1. A tie-pin holder comprising a body having spaced projections forengagement at one side of a pin and an intermediate projectionengageable at the opposite side of the pin, one of said projectionspresenting a bearing edge to the pin and acting as a detent to resistrelative displacement of pin and holder longitudinally of the former.

2. A tie-pin holder comprising a body having spaced projections forengagement at one side of a pin and an intermediate projectionengageable at the opposite side of the pin, one of said projectionspresenting a bearing edge to the pin and acting as a detent to resistrelative displacement of pin and holder longitudinally of the former,said projection having a portion bent to resist relative transversedisplacement of pin and holder.

3. A tie-pin holder comprising a body having spaced projections forengagement at one side of a pin and an intermediate projectionengageable at the opposite side of the pin, one of said projectionspresenting a bearing edge to the pin and acting as a detent to resistrelative displacement of pin and holder longitudinally of the former,said projection having a trough-shaped portion for embracing the pin toresist relative transverse displacement of pin and holder.

4:. A tie-pin holder comprising a resilient sheet-metal body havingspaced projections for engagement at one side of a pin and anintermediate projection engageable at the opposite side of said pin,said projections normally being in substantially the same plane, andengagement with the pin being established by flexing the holder betweenits first-named projections.

5. A tie-pin holder comprising a body having spaced projections forengagement at one side of a pin and an intermediate projectionengageable at the opposite side, the first-named projections presentingbearing edges to the pin and co-acting with said intermediate projectionto resist relative longitudinal displacement of the pin and holder ineither direction.

6. A tie-pin holder comprising a body having spaced projections forengagement at one side of a pin and an intermediate projectionengageable at the opposite side, the first-named projections presentingbearing edges to the pin and co-acting With said intermediate projectionto resist relative longitudinal displacement of the pin and holder ineither direction, one of said proj ections being formed with atrough-shaped portion to resist relative lateral displacement of theholder and pin.

7. A tie-pin holder comprising a resilient body having spaced lugs forengagement at one side of a tie-pin and an intermediate lug engageableat the opposite side of said pin, the first-mentioned lugs being bent toincline them oppositely at a slight angle to the plane of the bodywhereby they present bearing edges to the pin and form-detents to resistlongitudinal displacement thereof,

said lugs being further shaped to resist lateral displacement of thepin.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

LAWRENCE M. CAMPAU.

Gopieo of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

